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01st Dec 2015

VIDEO: This screaming tower has gone viral because it’s driving people nuts

Windy much?

JOE

Windy much?

On those particularly windy days in Ireland, you don’t even have to look out of the window to know that the weather is crap because you can usually hear it hollering at your door.

Don’t feel to down in the dumps though because the Beetham Tower in Manchester has somehow managed to top our own crap weather conditions.

As 80mph winds blasted through the city over the weekend, a strange droning noise was heard from all corners of Manchester. Just listen to the sound of it.

https://youtu.be/ZRCcGUvmZDE

Said to be generated by strong winds meeting the building’s glass blade, Ian Simpson, the architect who designed it, was forced to apologise for the noise back in 2012.

https://twitter.com/andrewyee/status/670961160578027521

At least some Mancunians have grown used to it.

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